CZ298528B6 - Method of message exchange in mobile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for exchanging messages in a mobile communications network with terminal systems, whereby several alternative communication types are available for exchanging messages in the mobile communications system, and the terminal system executes a message exchange via one or more of the communication types by accessing data stored at the terminal, whereby data stored at the terminal contains at least data regarding a receiver as well as information assigned thereto and relating preferred types of communication.

Description

The invention relates to a method for exchanging messages in a mobile communication system with a terminal device system, wherein a plurality of alternative types of message exchange communication are available in the mobile communication system, and the terminal apparatus is exchanging messages with access to data stored on the terminal.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The user-friendly use of mobile communications services such as fax, data, short message (SMS), e-mail, etc. is currently hampered by the complicated use of services. Up to this point, the existing methods generally required a deep knowledge of the individual services used by the user.

WO-A-97/28661 discloses a method for automatically selecting a data service in a digital mobile telecommunications system, wherein the transmitted data is monitored by the terminal using a sequence of commands, and according to the content of the sequence of commands.

From EP-A-0 781 064 a mobile terminal device is known which can be used in several communication networks. For this purpose, the terminal comprises a list of available communication networks and selects, preferably according to the user-defined priority data, the most suitable communication network.

Both known methods do not apply to the automatic selection of a large number of different types of communication, such as telephone, fax, SMS, radio call, Internet, etc., but to a specific choice between synchronous or asynchronous data transmission, respectively. to choose an available communication network. The choice of transmission type according to the recipient's specific data and / or using the most cost-effective and / or fastest transmission method is not envisaged.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a remedy and to provide an uncomplicated way of exchanging messages that enables an untrained user without the knowledge of specific mobile radio services to easily use these services.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that the exchange of messages is carried out by one or more kinds of communication and the data stored on the terminal device side contain at least the recipient data as well as the information assigned to the recipient data about preferred types of communication.

In principle, the method is adapted for use in a mobile communication system. The term mobile communication system is understood to mean a communication system which offers various means of communication such as speech, fax, data, short message (SMS), radio call, e-mail, etc., at least in part being transmitted wirelessly. However, it can also be envisaged to use the method in a fixed network system.

Communication connections can be established on terminal devices using a mobile radio modem that can be connected to a computer system, such as a portable laptop. Doing so

It will be preferable to register the component of the terminal by means of the corresponding devices of the mobile communication system. This can be done by transferring messages to the registration device, for example by means of a short message (SMS). Registration can be made by direct dialing device selection, and the dialing number can be fixed on the terminal side. During registration, user data can be passed on, which can be used to individually set certain services for users.

All data that arrives at the terminal and contains messages is provided in the terminal or, ideally, on the side of the mobile communication system by selecting the following additional data, for example by entering the corresponding parameters in the predicted status areas:

• current status of messages, eg new or already read • date and time • service: Link to the service by which the message was received (fax, e-mail, radio call, Tonline, internet www, etc.) • sender: Connecting sender information. If the sender's data is already stored in the sender's memory, the received message can be assigned to a particular sender by comparing the received data with the stored data. In this case, additional information for the user, such as name, address, telephone number or similar personal data, can be assigned to the sender data stored in the sender's memory on the terminal device, which can be issued to the terminal user if necessary, e.g. arrival message. The sender memory may be equipped such that the management of the sender data is enabled by direct intervention of the user of the terminal.

• additional information: specific message data, eg.

message length for e-mail message length for SMS, number of SMS messages for fax number of pages

When messages arrive at the terminal, it may be provided that all or some of the selection of these additional data is issued or displayed to the user in connection with the message.

All data produced by the terminal that contains the messages is provided with all or a selection of the following additional data, e.g., by substituting the corresponding parameter in the specified status fields.

• the current status of the message, e.g.

wait message waiting for sending active message is currently sending error sending message error occurred success message was successfully sent • date and time

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SMS radio call

T-online

Internet www etc.

• Recipient: Recipient information is added. If the data from the terminal is already stored in the memory of the recipient, a clear assignment of the sent and stored data can be made by comparing them. The method is analogous to the methods for incoming messages, i. that they can be assigned and also other personal data. It can also be possible to access incoming and outgoing messages in one terminal device memory, which is the combined sender and receiver memory.

• Additional information: specific message data, eg.

for e-mail message time for SMS message time, number of individual messages for fax number of pages for T-Online, www length of terminal connection

Sender or recipient memory:

In this memory it is possible to assume different types of entries, eg:

individual listings that contain individual person data group listings that refer to multiple individual listing data. If such a group entry is addressed, the entire group of individual entries will be effectively addressed with direct connection entries of terminal device access (terminal connection, modem connection, etc.). Hereby the entries can be inserted so that special access connection parameters can be managed and configured by the user. It is also possible to adjust that the automatic configuration is done by the terminal and that it also automatically responds to changes in the access conditions using the new configurations.

As already mentioned, it can be provided that memory write management is possible by direct access by the user of the terminal.

Message memory:

Incoming and outgoing messages can be stored in separate memories, or in common memory and managed there. Management will be enabled by using additional data associated with the message data. This can, for example, give the user an overview of all sent messages or all message data assigned to a particular recipient or sender. Additional queries are possible to select message data, and certain search criteria may be predefined or user selectable.

Preferably, the system realizes a method of sending for each message. There are more options that can be influenced by user selection, such as:

• Predefined: The recipient data is assigned to the recipient terminal's memory the individual data of the preferred sending method. The end device system then automatically selects the desired type of communication based on queries on the sent data in the recipient memory and establishes a corresponding mobile communication system connection using the mobile communication unit.

• Fastest connection: the end device system accesses the corresponding data memory in which data is stored to quickly establish a connection, especially the best communication method. This data can be interconnected, for example, with day and time data, so that the system can make a day and time-dependent selection of the fastest way of communication.

• Cost-effective connection: analogous to the previous case, the terminal system reaches the corresponding data memory, which stores data for cost-effective connection, especially data on the most cost-effective way of communication. This data can also be linked to the daily and time data as well as to the tariff data, so that there is also a time-dependent selection of the most advantageous type of communication to take place in the system.

Additionally, the exchange of control and information data may be provided, for example to transmit references to a change in communication conditions in a mobile communication system to which either the terminal apparatus or the user must respond. Thus, for example, the terminal apparatus system may be notified by an information message that there are messages on the sides of the mobile communication network. These messages can then be forwarded to the user, who can retrieve the messages. Messages can also be recalled automatically by the terminal. The report data can then be stored on the terminal and show the user the existence of the data. At the same time, it is possible to modify the connection of the message data with the sender data as well as their issue to the user by the terminal.

When sending message data, a longer message can be split into multiple individual blocks of data. Coding is used for these individual blocks to allow the recipient to merge individual blocks. This is especially useful when sending messages over communication paths with limited transmission rates or message lengths, eg short messages (SMS). The merging can be performed automatically by the receiving system and the merged message will be stored as a whole in the corresponding memory.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

A special embodiment of the present invention will be exemplified by the following description:

The message exchange can follow the following scheme: We want to send information to one person or group.

Recipient memory contains information about possible recipients:

• Address information • Communication information • Notes

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During a call, a fax and SMS of a known called number are directly available, it is usually still possible to determine the protocol by which the transmission is to take place in the data service. Meanwhile, when selecting an Internet address, comparable availability is reported.

Sending a Message • Selecting a Recipient Record from the Recipient's Memory by the User • Entering a Message or Selecting Predefined Message Data from Memory, eg a standard user message using an end-user computer system such as a laptop Sending a message by user or system • System-based detection of message sending • Optional: System submission (eg on display) of message and recipient data as well as sending method • Optional: Confirm or correct user's search method • System sending message • System edition recipient data as well as certain message data, in particular the current message status, e.g.

Possible ways to send

Predefined - A predefined type of communication (fax, fixed-line fax, e-mail, radio call) is specified for each receive entry that is entered in the recipient's memory. The type of communication can be confirmed or corrected by the user. Alternative selection of multiple types of communication is possible. The system can then send the message in parallel through all alternatively selected communication methods or select multiple of these routes according to system tasks or information about the availability of communication paths. This is particularly relevant when a group entry has been selected as the recipient entry. In this way, the system, for example, by accessing individual entries associated with a given group entry, can individually select a communication path for each individual entry. An automatic message splitting can also take place if multiple alternative communication methods are possible. Thus, for example, the message name, sender or first lines can be sent via short message services, but the entire text can be sent either by e-mail or fax in parallel.

Fastest Connection - Determines the order for selecting the fastest way to communicate, e.g.

• SMS • Fax

Internet

Cost-effective connection - Depending on the length of the message, the system estimates how long it will take to transmit the message by fax or data. By accessing the stored tariff data, the most advantageous transmission method will be calculated for the current time point. It can be adjusted that for short messages a predefined type of communication, eg SMS, will always be selected.

Other functions:

Fax:

• Sending fax documents using a fax printer • Receiving, receiving on arrival and viewing faxed documents • Faxpolling

Data:

• Data Transfer • Terminal • Integrated T-Online Decoder (CEPT)

Internet:

• Sending an e-mail • Entering and sending an e-mail • Presentation of HTML documents from www

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Claims (6)

PATENT CLAIMS A method of exchanging messages in a mobile communication system with a terminal apparatus system, wherein a plurality of alternative types of message exchange communication are available in the mobile communication system, and the terminal apparatus exchanging messages with access to stored data on the terminal apparatus side, that the message exchange is carried out by one or more types of communication and the data stored on the terminal device side comprises at least the recipient data as well as information about the preferred types of communication assigned to the recipient data. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that one or more kinds of communication are determined for certain recipient data via communication type information. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that with the terminal apparatus system as the type of communication to be used, it detects and selects the fastest and / or most cost-effective type of communication. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that additional data relating to the message data and / or the sender and / or recipient data are automatically assigned to the message data of the incoming and / or outgoing message. Method according to claim 4, characterized in that the creation of the additional data is accessed on the terminal apparatus stored by the sender and / or recipient data. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that predetermined message data as well as associated data on incoming and / or outgoing messages are transmitted in a corresponding form to the user of the terminal apparatus system.